I am a retired middle school science teacher. Besides writing & making art, I substitute teach to augment my income and to keep a toe back in the pond of education and the world of kids. Mostly I work in high schools now. The students are out of puberty and are generally easier to manage. Lately, I have been getting increasingly sad and discouraged about students increasing addiction to their smartphones. Add to that, there is the total lack of boundaries of cell phone use from faculty and school administrations. I fear for the next generation… I wrote this poem after a particularly trying day this week.
Take Your Earbuds Out
I am talking to you
Let me see your eyes
I am a human
Trying to connect with you
Another human
Look up from your
Youtube
Game
Music
Video
Turn it over
Turn it off
Think, ponder
Be something more than an open receptacle
For mind-numbing content
That someone else pours into your brain
now trained to sit, stay, obey
Take your earbuds out
Look up, listen to the wind
And marvel at the wild geese in formation
Flying overhead
By Alanna Pass 
I share your concern, so beautifully shared in the words of your poem. If only the children, or rather their parents, knew exactly how important it is for kids’ development to be busy, physically, and especially so outdoors, whenever possible.
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Yes, I am so thankful that my family took us camping every summer. I hope your son knows how fortunate he is! You have my admiration.
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